Posted by Guy Pepermans (84.198.52.200) on August 30, 2022 at 22:03:56:
In Reply to: Who is the artist ? posted by Salome M. on August 29, 2022 at 15:44:00:
I read the signature as 中梅画 ('Nakaume ga' or 'Chûbai ga'). The publisher is Honya Seishishi from Osaka. The print depicts Nakamura Utaemon III in the role of Yanone Gorô (矢の根五郎). The print title reads 拾二化の内五月 ('Jitsu ni-ka no uchi gogatsu' - 'The month of May in the 12 year zodiacal cicle'?)
It seems that this Osaka artist is unrecorded; could it be a pupil of Umekuni?
A print by Ashitomo (芦友 あし友, active 1814-16) published by Shioya Chôbei depicts probably the same performance and is on view in the Risumeikan without further description:
https://www.dh-jac.net/db/nishikie/Z0172-693/portal/
Guy.